The third album from Los Angeles fuzz-rockers Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods (due May 8) started with a chance meeting when the band stumbled across Grammy-winning producer Jacknife Lee (R.E.M., U2, Weezer) while recording guest vocals for a Snow Patrol track. But Pickups frontman Brian Aubert is quick to point out that pretty much everything about the album -- from producer to studio location right down to its found-photo album art -- has been serendipitous. "It's bizarre," the affable singer/guitarist tells SPIN, a day after hearing the record in full for the first time. "We can't take credit for any of it. It just accidentally happened." For one example of a happy accident, Aubert was surprised to discover Lee's home studio was smack in the middle of the Topanga Canyon woods, minutes from where the singer grew up. "I hadn't been back in years," he recalls. "I thought it would be fun to walk down my old street. It was like playing with fire a little bit. So much came back that I had forgotten about and it was a really emotional experience. I just realized this place and the feelings I had are still ingrained in me." Aubert says the songs sound "like a horror movie," all of them beginning to percolate while he was country-hopping and people-watching during a European vacation. "[2009's] Swoon was more about what I was feeling at that particular time," he says, "whereas with this one, I wanted to see what built me. It was learning why I am the way I am."
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2012 release from the Rock legend featuring previously unreleased music as featured in the documentary Living In The Material World. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Living In The Material World is the stunning, award winning double-feature-length film tribute to one of music's greatest icons.
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2010's release of Slash's first ever debut solo album was a worldwidesuccess. It garnered both critical and fan acclaim around the globe,debuted #3 on the US Billboard Charts and went on to sell 230k+ albums inthe US alone. Supported by 7 tours around the globe, sell out shows, aSuper Bowl appearance and countless media appearances, the project setthe tone for Slash to be recognized as the true rock icon for today."Apocalyptic Love is a true return to form for Slash. Born out of the liveband experience that he created on the last album, with a top-notch line upof musicians, this new album promises to be a return to ROCK. A straightforward, balls to the wall rock album that Slash fans have known him forthroughout his career. Featuring vocals throughout the album by MylesKennedy (Alter Bridge), and one of rock's tightest backing bands consistingof Brent Fitz on drums and Todd Kerns on bass, this album promises tofurther solidify Slash's place atop the Rock world throne.
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ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT
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From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
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Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of day dreamers who craft folkie pop songs. But last year, the normally mild-mannered six pack--who's releasing their EP, Into the Woods, on December 20--transformed into total rock stars after stomping out their competition during Músiktilraunir, a yearly battle of the bands in their native Iceland. "We just kind of...won," recalls co-singer/guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir. "We weren't expecting it at all. So I said, `Everybody come to my place!'" Beer-swilling friends spilled out of her flat. "I was like, `Oh fuck, my neighbors aren't liking me right now.'" Those neighbors won't be making noise complaints anymore. With the group's bright, trumpeting single "Little Talks" winning over one blog at a time, Nanna and her bandmates (co-singer/guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, piano/accordion player Árni Guðjónsson, and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson) are well on their way to becoming citizens of the world. Their rapid rise transpired in just one year. Nanna, who began as the acoustic act Songbird, recruited extra hands to bolster her sound for a solo show. She liked how her vocals commingled with Raggi's, so they started writing songs together and in 2010 morphed into Of Monsters and Men. As victors of 2010's Músiktilraunir, the new group earned a slot on the influential Iceland Airwaves festival later that year, followed by Seattle's radio station KEXP posting "Little Talks" from a Living Room Session filmed there, setting the telltale ripple effect in motion. By the summer of 2011 "Little Talks" hit No. 1 in the band's native country, and "people around the world seemed to be listening to us," marvels Raggi. The band was asked to perform again at Iceland Airwaves 2011, where KEXP then anointed the group as "easily the most buzzed about band." Though their reach is growing broader, the group's appeal has remained distinct: Their music is as fantastical as it is pretty. For inspiration, they often reference random stories they've read. The chanting, tribal "Six Weeks" was inspired by the true tale of American frontiersman Hugh Glass, seemingly left for dead after 86ing a bear that attacked him. Explains Nanna, giggling: "I was reading a post about the six most badass guys in history." As for the swelling, epic "From Finner"? "It's about a whale that has a house on its back" says Raggi "on which people travel across the ocean, exploring different places and having adventures." They also dig deeper, past legends of grizzly men and whale riders. "Little Talks," for instance, explores loneliness and insanity, while "Love Love Love" ruefully ruminates on heartbreak. "If you listen to the lyrics, they're not as uplifting," he says. "But our music is meant to be fun to sing along to." In September, Of Monsters and Men threw another party--a more thoughtful gathering to celebrate their full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal. (The album, which was released in Iceland and hit No 1 there soon after, will drop worldwide in early 2012.) For the occasion, they cut out animal masks for the attendees to wear, making them makeshift monster-men/women. "Iceland can be a very isolated country and that translates to the music," Nanna says, adding,"We get stuck in our little world".
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VH1 PRESENTS DONNA SUMMER LIVE & MORE - DVD Movie
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Taken as a whole, Storm and Grace is a unflinchingly honest piece of work from this songwriter, who, though known for her tough frankness, has managed to create a tender, consoling thread that runs throughout the album. Weary; may concern a relationship that didn't work out, but it is suffused with a genuine warmth, as Presley sings: I will always love you/you can move on, dear.For Presley, the album s conciliatory theme grew out of wanting to have peace in her life after a period of turmoil and letting go of what no longer suited her. There were a few years there where everything around me had fallen apart, she says. All the things that had become my foundation were gone and I had to shed a lot of skin. I found myself really vulnerable afterward and that's what birthed the album s vibe. It s me without any attitude or anger at a time of rediscovery.
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